ecodramaturgy
ecodramaturgy noun: theatrical development and production motivated by ecological concerns.
Noun
ecodramaturgy (countable and uncountable, plural ecodramaturgies)
- Theatrical development and production motivated by ecological concerns.
- It also provides an example of what I have begun to call ecodramaturgy: that is, play-making (script development and production) that puts ecological reciprocity and community at the centre of its theatrical and thematic intent.2010, Theresa J. May, “Kneading Marie Clements' Burning Vision”, in Canadian Theatre Review, volume 144, →DOI, page 6
- The first is the inauguration of a subset of ecocriticism termed ‘ecodramaturgy,’ a term coined by May and further developed by Arons and May.2016, Adeline Johns-Putra, “Climate change in literature and literary studies: From cli-fi, climate change theater and ecopoetry to ecocriticism and climate change criticism”, in WIREs Climate...
Forms of ecodramaturgy
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Origin of ecodramaturgy
Coined by theatre historian and critic Theresa J. May in 2010, from eco- + dramaturgy.
Questions about ecodramaturgy
- What does ecodramaturgy mean?
- Ecodramaturgy means theatrical development and production motivated by ecological concerns.
- What part of speech is ecodramaturgy?
- Ecodramaturgy is a noun.
- What is the plural of ecodramaturgy?
- The plural of ecodramaturgy is ecodramaturgies.
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